China energy-water nexusAssessing the water-saving synergy effects of energy-saving policiesduring the eleventh Five-year Plan外文翻译.pdfVIP

Energy Conversion and Management 85 (2014) 630–637 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Energy Conversion and Management journal homepage: www.elsevi /locate/enconman China energy-water nexus: Assessing the water-saving synergy effects of energy-saving policies during the eleventh Five-year Plan Alun Gu, Fei Teng ⇑, Yu Wang Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Energy and water have become major factors limiting sustainable development in China. Energy effi- Available online 15 May 2014 ciency and optimization of water management are critical for the healthy growth of the Chinese econ- omy. Current national energy policies fail to adequately address water use issues. Similarly, current Keywords: water policies do not consider the impact of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Conse- Industrial energy conservation policies quently, few studies have investigated the relationship between energy consumption and water use. The Eleventh Five-year Plan present study analyzes the energy-water nexus in Chinese industries using input–output tables. Coeffi- Direct water use coefficient cients that characterize the relationship between energy consumption and water are used to describe Indirect water use coefficient the supply-consumption relationship between